12 Facts About Richard Hickmet

Richard Saladin Hickmet was a British Conservative Party politician and barrister who was the MP for Glanford and Scunthorpe from 1983 to 1987.

Richard Hickmet went to Millfield School in Street, Somerset, then the Sorbonne in Paris.

Richard Hickmet was called to the Bar in 1974, and practised at the Inner Temple.

Richard Hickmet was a councillor on Wandsworth Borough Council from 1978 to 1983.

Richard Hickmet was Member of Parliament for Glanford and Scunthorpe, which he won in the Conservative landslide at the 1983 general election.

Richard Hickmet was later an unsuccessful candidate at the Eastbourne by-election in 1990 caused by the murder of Ian Gow.

Richard Hickmet's last recorded contribution in the House of Commons was during Prime Minister's Questions on 5 May 1987, during which he said that "most parents are appalled by the promotion of gay rights" in schools, before suggesting that schools should be given more independence on such matters.

Richard Hickmet was later a barrister at law specialising in family practice and planning cases.

Richard Hickmet was based in the West Country in Somerset but frequently traveled to London with his work, and had a practice spanning the whole of the West Country and the Midlands.

Richard Hickmet worked for Wolfestans in Plymouth, Alletsons in Bridgwater and was affiliated with Southernhay Chambers in Exeter.

Richard Hickmet married Susan Ludwig in 1973, and together they had three daughters.

Richard Hickmet died at home on 10 September 2024, at the age of 76.